They have arrived. They are infinite. They are all. Yes, we are talking about holiday markets, with at least five announced for this Saturday alone, and likely even more to come after that. Tis the season, and all that, but let’s face it, holiday shopping is hard, and being able to walk among the many local vendors with a pint in hand makes it a little easier. So whether you are headed up to Santa Fe, over to Corrales, down to Wells Park, or even swinging by the Bricklight District, there is a little something for everyone, hopefully, on your list.

New Draft:

Bosque tapped Dunks Not Dead, a new dunkel. Nexus brought back Beam Me Up (Higher) Scotty, an award-winning Wee Heavy. Steel Bender released A Million Ways to Rye in the Southwest. Thirsty Eye has another Batch 100 DIPA, this time to commemorate their 200th brewed batch. (UPDATES) Bombs Away dropped some fresh SNAFU Stout, Harvest Apple Beer, and Dunkelweizen. Bow and Arrow tapped Rancho Bizarro Sour Red Ale. Brew Lab 101 added Singularity Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout. Flock of Moons tapped Forever Twilight Dunkel. Marble did a double tapping of Dunkelweizen and Pilsner XXXtra.

Down south, Truth or Consequences Brewing will tap Celestial IPA on Thursday.

New Package:

Boxing Bear will bring back Super Cereal Double Hazy IPA in cans and on draft this Friday. La Cumbre will release Project Dank Winter Edition on Friday. Second Street rolled out more Absolute Magnitude Cold IPA in cans and on draft, plus before that came a new batch of Breaking Plaid Scotch Ale in cans and on draft. (UPDATES) Ex Novo released Penguin Tuxedo American Stout and The Darkest Timeline Czech Dark Lager on draft and in cans. La Cumbre also rolled out Vienna Lager in cans and on draft.

Notable Events:

Thursday — Bosque Heights will host the latest edition of Trivia for a Cause at 6 p.m., with Gilmore Girls as the subject.

Friday — Tractor Wells Park will host the First Fridays Comedy Contest starting at 8 p.m.

Saturday — The first Holiday Market of the day kicks off at Rio Bravo from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Pay What You Please Christmas Trees event and Makers Market is set for Ex Novo from noon to 4 p.m.

Bow & Arrow will host their Holiday Market from noon to 5 p.m.

The Annual Winter Market will take over Santa Fe Brewing’s headquarters from noon to 8 p.m.

Flock of Moons will host the Queer Holiday Market from 1 to 5 p.m.

Brew Lab 101 will host the official grand opening of its Northeast Heights taproom (formerly ReSource Brewing) starting at 6 p.m.

Medusa’s Madhouse, billed as New Mexico’s best Anthrax cover band, will headline a show at JUNO from 6 to 11:30 p.m.

Sunday — The One-Year Anniversary Party at Sunday Service Motor Company will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

A big congratulations to Quarter Celtic, which claimed two medals at the Brussels Beer Challenge. Vienna Lager brought home a silver and Capriderhosen (which is on tap at both locations) earned a bronze from the Belgium-based competition. Not bad to have two European-style brews win in Europe!

Lava Rock Brewing has closed its location on Unser with the aim of moving the brewing operation to a new spot in Moriarty.

Brew Lab 101 has opened its Northeast Heights taproom in the space formerly occupied by ReSource Brewing.

Steel Bender is hiring a head brewer as Tom Sadja is heading out of state. Head to the brewery’s website and look for the tab that says Join Our Crew if you are interested in applying for the job.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery  — Featured seasonal: Imperial Porter (7.2% ABV), this big boy has been on tap for a while, so help drink it up so a new beer can appear.

Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: The R.E.D. Ale (5.5% ABV, 20 IBU), an Irish-style red served on nitro.

Bosque Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Fresh Start (7.5% ABV, 15 IBU), a maple coffee stout, now available in cans and on draft.

Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Bisti Pineapple Spice Hard Seltzer, which we are featuring at the brewery’s request before anyone thinks we’ve gone mad and highlighted a seltzer instead of a beer. They asked very nicely!

Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Standing 8 Stout (7.3% ABV), the classic oatmeal stout is back on tap and in cans.

Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Labtoberfest (5.8% ABV, 20 IBU), a tasty märzen available on draft.

B2B Garden Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Pink Warrior Wheat (4.6% ABV, 15 IBU), a portion of the proceeds of this fruited wheat will go to Pink Warrior House.

Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Kojote Brown (5.4% ABV, 18 IBU), a Belgian-style brown ale.

Cazuela’s Seafood & Mexican Grill — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Papaya Blonde Ale, which was brewed to hang onto summer just a bit longer.

Downshift Brewing at Outpost 1706 — Featured seasonal: Gratitude Pale Ale (5.4% ABV, 40 IBU), brewed to support local charities, right now $1 from every pint sold goes to Gratitud(ENMU), the local college in the Ruidoso area.

Echoes Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery to see what’s currently on tap.

Ex Novo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Kokua (4% ABV), a session IPA based off a recipe by Maui Brewing, with proceeds going to the Maui Brewing Fire Fund.

Flix Brewhouse  — Featured seasonal: Autumn Leaves (5.7% ABV), a flavorful festbier.

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Lunar Autumn Saison (6% ABV, 20 IBU), a flavorful fall beer.

Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Your Place or Stein (5.9% ABV), a wonderful Oktoberfest lager available in cans and on draft.

Harmon Lane Brewing at Southwest Grape and Grain — Featured seasonal: Stennes Blonde Stout, a collaboration with Quarter Celtic.

High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Freudian Hop Session (5.5% ABV, 40 IBU), an amber pale ale, with a portion of the proceeds going to Pink Warrior House.

Hops Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

JUNO Brewery — Featured seasonal: Vienna Lager, a smooth amber lager with a touch of sweetness.

Kaktus Brewing — Featured seasonal: Telescopic Tropic IPA (6.4% ABV, 66 IBU), a hoppy delight that we were told has quickly become the talk of the taproom.

Kilt Check Brewing — There are rumors that the brewery will be staying open, but we await the official word.

La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: La Negra (13% ABV, 70 IBU), a beautiful beast of a barrel-aged imperial stout, now available in bottles and on tap.

La Reforma Brewery — Featured seasonal: Bomba de Malta (8.3% ABV), another big old malt bomb of a Scotch ale.

Late Shift Lager House at The Craftroom — Featured seasonal: Hop Villain (6.8% ABV, 102 IBU), a beastly IPA that is a change of sorts from the lager-dominated lineup.

Lava Rock Brewing — The brewery is relocating to Moriarty.

Lizard Tail Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest (5.8% ABV, 20 IBU), a proper German lager.

Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: #ENDALZ (5.8% ABV), a cranberry-infused pale lager, a portion of the proceeds will go to the Alzheimer’s Association now through Friday.

Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Lush Imperial Stout (10.9% ABV, 77 IBU), the beautiful behemoth returns with this description from the brewery, “2023 Lush Imperial Stout is rich and full. It has notes of simcoe pine, bitter dark chocolate and roasted coffee. Made with Imperial’s “Darkness” Yeast, this beer is LARGE at 10.9% ABV. Lush is sure to warm you on chilly nights!”

Palmer Brewery and Cider House — Featured seasonal: Cockness Monster (13% ABV), a monstrous Scotch ale aged in whiskey barrels.

Ponderosa Brewing Co. — Featured seasonal: Italian Pilsner, the winner of back-to-back gold medals at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival and the 2022 World Beer Cup, is available on draft and in cans.

Quarter Celtic Brewpub— Featured seasonal: Capri-derhosen (5.3% ABV, 23 IBU), a past gold medal winner at the World Beer Cup, this tasty German-style red lager is back on tap.

Red Door Brewing — Featured seasonal: Wagoner’s Porter (7.2% ABV, 36 IBU), a tasty American-style porter that recently joined the draft lineup.

Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Black Sparrow (13% ABV, 60 IBU), a rum-barrel-aged imperial stout.

Rumor Brewing (formerly Ale Republic) — Featured seasonal: Desert Monk (6.8% ABV, 21 IBU), a Belgian-style dubbel.

Sidetrack Brewing — Featured seasonal: Snowbird Lager (6.4% ABV, 35 IBU), a Strata-hop-heavy lager that still drinks nicely, even in the wintertime.

Sobremesa — Featured seasonal: Dominator, a German-style doppelbock.

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: There Wolf (5.8% ABV, 21 IBU), a flavor-packed Oktoberfest lager.

Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Elixir Ale (6% ABV, 20 IBU), a collaboration with Canteen and High and Dry, an ale brewed with chamomile. For every pint sold, $1 goes to AGORA Crisis Center.

Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Have Your Cake and Eat it Too, a German chocolate cake-inspired stout.

Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: Ton Up or Shut Up, an American lager infused with Rust is Gold cold brew.

The 377 Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Turkey Drool (8.4% ABV), which is our favorite annual seasonal release from the brewery, and yes, we will declare that publicly.

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Why Does It Hurt When IPA?, a Zappa-hop-heavy ale.

Unhinged Brewing — Featured seasonal: Los Muertos Porter, a very seasonal-appropriate robust porter.

Vision City Brewstillery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated seasonal list.

Santa Fe breweries

Beer Creek Brewing — Featured seasonal: Diablo Bock (7.7% ABV, 25 IBU), a hybrid of a dunkel bock and a doppelbock, it’s devilishly delicious.

Chile Line Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Hidden Mountain Brewing — Featured seasonal: De Péche Mood, a peach wheat ale with a tremendous name.

Rowley Farmhouse Ales — Featured seasonal: Ceremony, a wild ale brewed with tea.

Santa Fe Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Adobe Igloo, the winter seasonal is back in cans and on draft.

Second Street Brewery — Featured seasonal: Toast the Dawn (4.4% ABV, 12 IBU), a helles lager available in cans and on draft, perfect for relaxing the last warm days away.

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery — Featured seasonal: Totality American Stout, because stout, what else needs to be said?

Other breweries you need to visit

Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Little Toad Creek Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Red River Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Sierra Blanca Brewing  — Featured seasonal: Well, Oktoberfest ran out, and Whiskey Stout is not quite ready yet, so you will just have to enjoy the vast and varied menu of year-round brews in Moriarty.

Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Fiesta Anejo (5.3% ABV, 22 IBU), which the brewery described as “a smooth Mexican Lager infused with essence of tequila.”

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That’s all for this week! If you have any questions or comments, leave them below or contact us on our Facebook page.

Keep supporting local!

— Stoutmeister